Schneider Electric Brings 2–2.5 MW Prefabricated Power Systems to Europe

Built from reference designs developed with NVIDIA, the systems target dense computing sites. North American availability is planned for later in 2026.

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Schneider Electric Brings 2–2.5 MW Prefabricated Power Systems to Europe
Schneider Electric Brings 2–2.5 MW Prefabricated Power Systems to Europe

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Schneider Electric is putting prefabricated power systems rated at up to two and a half megawatts on offer in Europe, giving data-center operators a ready-made alternative to specifying each electrical component from scratch. There are three configurations: two, two and a quarter, and two and a half megawatts. Each is built around Schneider’s Galaxy VXL uninterruptible power supply. Those figures describe the electrical system, not how much computing it can support; Schneider hasn’t mapped the ratings to computing capacity. The designs were developed with NVIDIA for infrastructure aligned with its GB300 NVL72 platform. They cover power management and controls for liquid cooling. That’s a design connection, not a claim that the power modules themselves are cooling equipment. The target customers include large-scale data centers running AI training and other graphics-intensive workloads, where power demand is high and deployment speed matters. Schneider says standardized systems could be deployed in as little as six months, but that depends on the requirements of each project. The equipment is manufactured in Spain and is currently available in Europe. North American availability is planned for later in 2026, with other international markets and Asia-Pacific to follow. So the immediate constraint is geography: European operators can choose these preset systems now, while customers elsewhere are waiting on the planned rollout—and the project-specific timeline still matters.

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The new range offers 2, 2.25 and 2.5 MW electrical configurations built around Schneider’s Galaxy VXL UPS, giving data-center operators preset options instead of designing each system component by component. It is on offer in Europe, with manufacturing in Spain; North American availability is planned for later in 2026, not yet confirmed as a current option. Schneider says deployment could take as little as six...

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    The reference designs were developed with NVIDIA for infrastructure aligned with the GB300 NVL72; they cover power management and liquid-cooling controls.

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    The systems are manufactured in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, and are currently available in Europe.

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    Schneider plans North American availability later in 2026, followed by other international markets and Asia-Pacific.

Schneider Electric has introduced prefabricated power modules and skids for AI data centers, giving operators in Europe a standardized electrical option for dense computing sites. The launch brings equipment for high-power workloads into a planned regional rollout that has yet to reach North America.

Power equipment for dense computing

The range targets hyperscale, neocloud and colocation data centers. Schneider positions it for AI training clusters, high-performance computing and other workloads that rely heavily on graphics processing units. Prefabrication is the central offer: operators can choose from standardized electrical systems rather than specifying every element as a separate project.

Each configuration uses Schneider’s Galaxy VXL uninterruptible power supply, or UPS, technology. The three sizes give customers a defined set of power options for planning an installation. Schneider has not tied any one size to a stated amount of computing capacity; these are specifications for the electrical systems.

Three power configurations
2 MWOffered capacity

The smallest configuration in the new range.

2.25 MWOffered capacity

The middle configuration.

2.5 MWOffered capacity

The largest configuration.

The NVIDIA design connection

The modules and skids are based on reference designs Schneider developed with NVIDIA for infrastructure aligned with NVIDIA’s GB300 NVL72 platform. Those designs cover power-management and liquid-cooling controls. That connection places the new electrical products within a wider infrastructure plan; it does not mean the power modules themselves are liquid-cooling equipment.

Schneider says the standardized designs can support infrastructure deployment in as little as six months, depending on project requirements. That makes speed part of the pitch, but the timetable is conditional: a customer’s project still determines how quickly the equipment can be deployed.

The rollout beyond Europe

The systems are manufactured in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, and are available in Europe. Schneider plans to make them available in North America later in 2026, then in other international markets and Asia-Pacific. For operators elsewhere, the next step is a planned launch rather than equipment already on offer.

That sequence makes the European market the first place customers can put the standardized systems to use. The wider rollout will determine when operators in other regions can make the same choice; individual projects will show whether the design approach delivers Schneider’s proposed deployment pace.

Sources

  1. arcweb.comSchneider Electric: Prefabricated Power Systems for High-Density AI Data Centers

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